Right in Front of You
I miss the small lake that sat right in front of my house, when I lived at the other end of town, but I have a multitude of memories that surface every now and then.
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Prayers for #ga139
The General Assembly of my denomination is meeting this week. In simple terms it’s the meeting where things are decided for the whole church in […]
An anniversary marked, a journey continued
The week had been very warm – not unlike what we’re experiencing today. And the inside of the worship space of the church had just […]
From Core Values to Objectives
Last week I started telling you about the day away Burns’ leadership team enjoyed. We paused to listen about the next season in the congregation’s […]
Converting Again for the First Time
The word “conversion” means change, transformation, crossing over from point A to point B. Each conversion means something new. Point A to B. Then B […]
The struggle.
When Mayim Bialik stated on her blog today that her youngest son just started talking about 9 months ago I breathed a huge sigh of […]
Anxiety (new poem)
Anxiety An old acquaintance appears with- out invitation, under the radar, fastening invisible hands on heart and throat – salvo in ongoing war. Disorienting deja-vu […]
Jan’s Baked Beans
Jan Rintoul Clapp has been a member of Winchester Presbyterian Church for a mere 41 years. That makes her, more or less, a new comer […]
Monday Sabbath (a new poem)
Monday Sabbath The preacher lives a Monday Sabbath as the world rushes to the quotidian; the city-bus groan, office politics, classroom chaos, breakfast to go. […]
My First Sunday Church Experience
I learned that there is only one service which starts at 10:30 in the morning. I wondered how it could be possible for such a seemingly heavily populated area to have only one service, considering that the church building was not vast enough to accommodate the large congregation I expected to see on my first Sunday. I visualized a large gathering of worshippers coming from all directions.
Miracle Monday
It is a miracle story – and as such presents a few problems when we read it today. We’re not quite sure what to do with miracles. Embrace them? Avoid them? Dismiss them? Wonder if they are anachronistic expressions of… what?
Please Not Another Fish Story
I can see some of you shaking your heads and saying…that lady really needs to get a life. Another fish story? Well sorry, but besides me they are the only live things in the house and the four of us (three little fishes and me) just have each other.
Getting to Know Our Core Values
What’s at our core? Knowing this answer helps us to know who we are and we we’re here. Then the answers to other questions like “what should I be doing?” come more easily.
Face your fears
Sometimes, the world seems like a more evil place than ever before. In reality, I imagine it isn’t much more or less evil than in […]
Surprise After Surprise in Toronto
Every day of my visit to Toronto is full of surprises and wonders. Every moment is a moment of observation and comparisons with life in the warm heart of Africa, Malawi, where I come from.
5 Movies I’d Watch Over and Over
“Movies are just a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.” Or at least thought Charlie Chaplain. Maybe it’s unfair to […]
From General Assembly in Edinburgh
It’s doesn’t feel like a May long weekend. Surely, today should involve a lake, bare legs, maybe the first mosquitoes and at very least a barbecue […]
Joanne Walter’s Favourite Pumpkin Bars
Joanne Walters has attended Knox Presbyterian, Goderich, as long as she can remember. Today her involvement in the church pretty much adds up to a […]
Pigeon Alert
Parking at our hospital is at a premium and many of us make arrangements to be dropped off and picked up, rather than go through the process of trying to find a parking place.
Only Heaven Is Far
Back home in Malawi there is a popular saying which may be literally translated as “only heaven is far.” I reflected on the rationale behind this concept after spending over 22 hours in the belly of a bird, flying from my home to yours here in Canada.